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FERRYBRIDGE HENGE I, W YORKSHIRE: SOILS OF THE PIT ALIGNMENT AND DITCH, INFILL PROCESSES AND LANDUSE
The macro/micromorphological and pH characteristics of selected soils from the pit alignment and encircling ditch at Ferrybridge Henge (late Neolithic...
Report Number: 61/1993Research Report -
METALLURGICAL STUDY OF A ROMAN IRON BEAM FROM THE 1959 BY-PASS EXCAVATIONS, CATTERICK, NORTH YORKSHIRE
A 52 kg section of an iron beam from the excavated Roman bath house at Catterick was re-examined metallographically. An inventory of other British and...
Report Number: 89/1997Research Report -
Iron Age Enclosures on Sutton Common, Near Askern, South Yorkshire. Report on Geophysical Survey, June 2003
A fluxgate magnetometer survey was carried out over the two Iron Age marshland enclosures and the intervening relict stream channel on Sutton Common....
Report Number: 106/2003Research Report -
INNER BAILEY, SCARBOROUGH CASTLE, N.YORKSHIRE. REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, JULY 1998
A geophysical survey was carried out over the inner bailey area of Scarborough Castle, North Yorkshire. Both resistivity and magnetic methods yielded...
Report Number: 56/1998Research Report -
METALLURGICAL STUDIES OF MISCELLANEOUS ARTEFACTS AND DEBRIS 1995
A range of analytical techniques was used to investigate five different groups of material: iron nails from Peterborough Cathedral; non-ferrous nails...
Report Number: 52/1996Research Report -
THE COMPOSITION AND CONSERVATION POTENTIAL OF THE CHARRED STRUCTURAL TIMBERS FROM THE HADDENHAM LONG BARROW, NORTH YORKSHIRE
A Magnometer survey was undertaken on cultivated land containing cropmarks of Romano-British features threatened with destruction from sand quarrying....
Report Number: 117/1991Research Report -
Outbuilding to Watton Abbey, Church Lane, Watton, East Riding of Yorkshire Tree-ring analysis of oak timbers
Tree-ring analysis was undertaken on cross-sectional slices from a number of oak timbers removed from the outbuilding during renovations, resulting in...
Report Number: 59/2022Research Report -
How Hill Tower and Outbuildings, How Hill Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Oak Timbers
Analysis was undertaken on samples taken from this building resulting in the construction of two site sequences, of 108 and 89 rings. Unfortunately,...
Report Number: 62/2022Research Report -
A Rapid Assessment of the Archaeological Landscape surrounding Howgrave Hall and Banqueting House, Sutton Howgrave, North Yorkshire
Investigation of the remaining earthworks associated with Howgrave Hall Farm, the Banqueting House and the former village of Howgrave....
Report Number: 107/2005Research Report -
Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire: Archaeological Survey and Investigation of Part of the Precinct and Extra-Mural Area
In 2008, English Heritage’s Research Department carried out detailed archaeological survey and investigation of earthworks in and around the western side...
Report Number: 4/2011Research Report -
ANIMAL BONES FROM BAINESSE FARM, A ROMAN ROADSIDE SETTLEMENT NEAR CATTERICK (YORKSHIRE), EXCAVATED IN 1980 AND 1981.
A collection of animal bones from the roadside settlement at Bainesse Farm, dating to the 1st - 3rd centuries AD, includes 22 species. Most of the animal...
Report Number: 98/1990Research Report -
TRIAL GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY FOR THE HUMBER WETLANDS PROJECT AT ROSSINGTON BRIDGE, ROMAN CAMP, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, OCTOBER 1995
A trial geophysical survey was carried out to assess part of a Roman vexillation camp near Rossington Bridge, South Yorks. Soil conditions at the site...
Report Number: 57/1995Research Report -
Cappleside Barn (Brocklands Barn), Hollow Gill Brow, Rathmell, North Yorkshire: Tree-ring Analysis of Oak and Pine Timbers
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on 19 of the 21 oak samples obtained from timbers to the roof trusses and stalls in the shippon, the remaining...
Report Number: 10/2018Research Report -
Broad Bottom Old Hall, Broad Bottom Lane, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Dendrochronological analysis was undertaken on core samples obtained from 21 oak timbers at Broad Bottom Old Hall, producing two site chronologies. The...
Report Number: 53/2018Research Report -
Former Hills Furnishing Stores Ltd, 104 Kirkgate, Leeds, West Yorkshire: Tree-ring Analysis of ex situ Oak Timbers
Analysis by dendrochronology of samples from 30 different ex situ oak timbers resulted in the production of a single site chronology accounting for samples...
Report Number: 196/2020Research Report -
The Guildhouse, 19–21 Ladygate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire: Tree-Ring and Radiocarbon Analysis of Oak Timbers
Tree-ring analysis was undertaken on samples taken from the roof and a first-floor frame of 19–21 Ladygate, Beverley, resulting in the construction of...
Report Number: 223/2020Research Report -
St Marys Court, 49–51 North Bar Within Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire: Tree-ring Analysis of Timbers
Tree-ring analysis was undertaken on samples taken from the roof and timber framing of St Marys Court, 49–51 North Bar Within, Beverley, resulting in...
Report Number: 219/2020Research Report -
Derbyshire Peak Fringe and Lower Derwent Valley, Upland and Upland Fringe
This area is an undulating, well-wooded, pastoral landscape on rising ground between the Derbyshire Coalfield and the Peak District. The area is bordered...
Report Number: 54/2020Research Report -
Tees Lowlands, Eastern Arable
The Tees Lowlands span parts of County Durham, Cleveland and North Yorkshire. Centred on Middlesbrough, Darlington and the river Tees, the lowlands are...
Report Number: 27/2020Research Report -
Quern Manufacturing at Wharncliffe Rocks, Sheffield. Survey Report
During October and November 1999 English Heritage carried out an archaeological survey and investigation of quern quarry site at Wharncliffe Crags in...
Report Number: 90/2000Research Report
